What do 'greeters' at wal-mart look for on your receipt as you are walking out?

Question

They never check your bags, just your receipt?

No, its never when the alarm goes off. Just every single time you go out.

READ THE WHOLE QUESTION! This is sorta annoying. They never check your bags and its not when the alarm goes off!

Answer 1

They are checking the time and date of your purchase. There have been shoplifters who walk out with bags filled with merchandise that they never paid for, giving the illusion that there purchases are legit. Its also suppose to deter people from trying to steal in that matter.

Answer 2

of course they can, if someone is in a hurry and can't spare 4 seconds they shouldn't have stopped off at Wal-Mart in the first place a few weeks ago a man walked out of a Wal-Mart and the alarm went off, the 76 year old greeter asked to see what was in the bag, the shopper then proceeded to attack the greeter, after the attack the greeter went out side to get the license plate number of the shopper, the shopper came back and attacked the elderly greeter again, since the greeter was over 75 the guy who attacked him got charged with a felony, however he didn't get charged with a hate crime even though he was black and he attacked a white man while screaming racial slurs....it turned out that the security device hadn't been removed from an item that the attacker had paid for, if he had spent 3 seconds to show the greeter his receipt instead of committing a felony by attacking a 76 year old white man who happened to be an ex Marine who could still throw a good punch, the attacker wouldn't be in jail right now with a busted face

Answer 3

I have never had a "greeter" at WAL MART check a receipt. Now I have had a service person at SAM'S check the receipt upon leaving and the reason they draw the marker through the receipt is so that if you return something, they know you paid for it. (i.e. you could make a purchase on Monday. On Tuesday you could return to the store, pick up the same item off the rack and with the receipt, go to the return desk and get a refund for it).

Answer 4

I know! Isn't that annoying! It may be where we live. I get checked almost everytime though by this one worker. There is another who has never bothered me. Have you noticed too that they are all old. What are they going to do if I am stealing? Stop me..HA! I have never taken anything without paying and almost always spend over $100 when I go. I feel totally disrespected by them. What I bought is none of their business. I saw a suggestion to ask them. I might just do that next time. As a matter of a fact I may go there tomorrow. I need some shampoo anyway...LOL:)

GREAT QUESTION! I hope you get one of the non greeters to answer your question. The really are not very good greeters, but they are really good at offending me. One time I had to leave my buggy of stuff I had already bought to chase after my son who ran out the door. While she was plundering through my stuff. There was another time that I needed Tylenol because one of my kids had a fever. This woman was "checking" people's things so slowly she had a line backed up. I walked past it because I needed to get home to my sick child. She called out to me and embarrassed me horribly. So I called back to her as I kept walking "sorry but I do not have time for this bullsh!t". I can't stand those people.

Answer 5

Let's say they check your receipt and your stealing something. You get past them, but the alarms go off. THEN they check your bag.

Legally, they cannot look in your bags.

Most people who are going to try to steal something... they have a certain look. They walk scared, and might be leanient about showing it. They're prolly looking for something like, if you have a TV or something in your basket... to make sure. They dont look over EVERY item on the reciept, but you can see the size of the reciept and estimate.

Answer 6

Do you have something large that didn't fit in a bag? Usually when I buy something and it doesn't fit in a bag they want to check my receipt to make sure I bought it.
By the way, I hate Walmart but, sometimes I have to go there.
Stupid walmart.

More info:
I've never had them check my receipt just to check my receipt. They only check it if I have a large item that isn't bagged.

Answer 7

The sensors at some Wamart's are calibrated to pick up the electromagnetic fields of some high-end electronics purchases, or at other times are keyed to frequently shoplifted items, such as CD's, batteries, etc. The greeter is looking at your receipt for these types of items. He/she assumes (quite naturally) that if the item shows on the receipt, it's in the cart. No need to look at the item itself. You probably went through a field similar to one at the airport and set something off.

Answer 8

I've only seen them actually stop people if they're leaving with large items, like a bike or a TV. It IS very funny though, at Sam's Club, where they DO stop you every time. You have a cartload of stuff, and the greeter glances over your receipt as if they can even BEGIN to inventory your whole order without digging through it.

Answer 9

Nothing, they just get paid to smile as you walk in and out. They only check your receipt if the alarm goes off to make sure you aren't stealing.

Answer 10

They mainly want to see if the cashier discharged or removed the security tags on expensive merchandise. If the cashier did not do this, the greeter writes them up with a demerit.

Stores like this in actuality have many security personnel walking the store posing as customers that come and watch you shoplifting, then they report this to the security camera people.